Test-Claire (Snare Drum)

Test-Claire is a piece for solo Snare Drum by Jacques Delécluse. Written in memory of Robert Tourte, it lasts approximately 2 minutes and uses ternary rhythms.

Test-Claire requires the mastering of trills which appears often throughout the work.

The author, Jacques Delécluse, is a soloist at the Paris Orchestra and a professor at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. He has conceived a keyboard-percussion instrument that holds his name, and is also the author of a series of seven books “À la manière de” for Drums andPiano.